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English grammar lesson 4: Verbs: action words · Set 74 · 40 questions
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The grammar rule (Ask “what does it do?”): Find who the sentence is about (the subject). Ask: what does (or did) the subject do? The word that answers is the verb. Names and things are nouns; describing words are adjectives.

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  1. 1.Pick the action word: Myra ___ the letter every day. (a) slowly (b) long (c) writes
  2. 2.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan flew a new kite yesterday.” (a) flew (b) kite (c) new (d) Ishaan
  3. 3.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ananya kicks a red ball every day.” (a) Ananya (b) red (c) kicks (d) ball
  4. 4.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) heavy (b) carried (c) bag (d) Yash
  5. 5.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the picture every day. (a) quickly (b) big (c) draws
  6. 6.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aarav carried a big bag yesterday.” (a) Aarav (b) carried (c) big (d) bag
  7. 7.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Ishaan draws a big picture every day.” (a) Ishaan (b) big (c) draws (d) picture
  8. 8.Pick the action word: Saanvi ___ the ball every day. (a) quickly (b) kicks (c) big
  9. 9.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) Arjun (b) letter (c) long (d) wrote
  10. 10.Pick the action word: Tara ___ the box every day. (a) slowly (b) opens (c) small
  11. 11.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Nisha reads a new book every day.” (a) Nisha (b) new (c) book (d) reads
  12. 12.Pick the action word: Karan ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) buys (c) slowly
  13. 13.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya wrote a long letter yesterday.” (a) long (b) letter (c) Diya (d) wrote
  14. 14.Pick the action word: Dev ___ the mango every day. (a) eats (b) juicy (c) quickly
  15. 15.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) opens (c) quickly
  16. 16.Pick the action word: Omkar ___ the ball every day. (a) quickly (b) red (c) kicks
  17. 17.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Diya writes a long letter every day.” (a) Diya (b) writes (c) letter (d) long
  18. 18.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Kavya sang a sweet song yesterday.” (a) sweet (b) song (c) sang (d) Kavya
  19. 19.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Vivaan rode a blue bicycle yesterday.” (a) Vivaan (b) bicycle (c) blue (d) rode
  20. 20.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel draws a big picture every day.” (a) Neel (b) picture (c) big (d) draws
  21. 21.Pick the action word: Arjun ___ the kite every day. (a) flies (b) red (c) happily
  22. 22.Pick the action word: Farhan ___ the box every day. (a) opens (b) happily (c) big
  23. 23.Pick the action word: Kavya ___ the wall every day. (a) long (b) paints (c) happily
  24. 24.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Arjun read a funny book yesterday.” (a) read (b) book (c) funny (d) Arjun
  25. 25.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Pooja draws a colourful picture every day.” (a) Pooja (b) draws (c) colourful (d) picture
  26. 26.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Myra carries a big bag every day.” (a) Myra (b) carries (c) bag (d) big
  27. 27.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Saanvi drew a big picture yesterday.” (a) Saanvi (b) big (c) drew (d) picture
  28. 28.Pick the action word: Aarav ___ the picture every day. (a) colourful (b) happily (c) draws
  29. 29.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Riya kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) big (b) Riya (c) ball (d) kicked
  30. 30.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Neel reads a funny book every day.” (a) funny (b) book (c) Neel (d) reads
  31. 31.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Isha kicked a big ball yesterday.” (a) kicked (b) Isha (c) ball (d) big
  32. 32.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Aditya carried a heavy bag yesterday.” (a) Aditya (b) heavy (c) bag (d) carried
  33. 33.Pick the action word: Aisha ___ the mango every day. (a) juicy (b) eats (c) slowly
  34. 34.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash sings a happy song every day.” (a) song (b) sings (c) Yash (d) happy
  35. 35.Pick the action word: Rohan ___ the book every day. (a) reads (b) new (c) slowly
  36. 36.Pick the action word: Riya ___ the song every day. (a) slowly (b) happy (c) sings
  37. 37.Pick the action word: Isha ___ the box every day. (a) big (b) quickly (c) opens
  38. 38.Pick the action word: Vivaan ___ the letter every day. (a) writes (b) slowly (c) long
  39. 39.Pick the action word: Diya ___ the toy every day. (a) small (b) buys (c) happily
  40. 40.Which word is the verb (action word)? “Yash kicks a big ball every day.” (a) Yash (b) kicks (c) ball (d) big

Answer key

  1. writes
  2. flew
  3. kicks
  4. carried
  5. draws
  6. carried
  7. draws
  8. kicks
  9. wrote
  10. opens
  11. reads
  12. buys
  13. wrote
  14. eats
  15. opens
  16. kicks
  17. writes
  18. sang
  19. rode
  20. draws
  21. flies
  22. opens
  23. paints
  24. read
  25. draws
  26. carries
  27. drew
  28. draws
  29. kicked
  30. reads
  31. kicked
  32. carried
  33. eats
  34. sings
  35. reads
  36. sings
  37. opens
  38. writes
  39. buys
  40. kicks

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